Poetry Seminar

PRP12
2012-2013

There are DAILY assignments for this class. Also, there are daily attendance and participation points.
If you are present, cooperative, and participate appropriately in class discussion, you will be awarded FULL points for the day.
If you are present, but do not participate or are uncooperative, you will only receive the minimum points for the day.

SEM: Poetry
Day 1 W 5/15

LT:Review literary terms and devices
CCSS:R#2
Strategy:Marzano #4
Activity:
  • Review Projects
    and Portfolio
  • Discuss course objectives and expectations
  • Literary devices: onomatopoeia, alliteration, metaphor, symbolism
  • Haiku, Tanka, Diamante, Acrostic forms
Assign:
  • Worksheet #01
Day 2 Th 5/16

LT:Explore poetry forms
CCSS:W#4
Strategy:Marzano #1
Activity:
  • Limerick,Cinquain, 5W, Rhetorical Question, Dialogue, monologue, List, Life, Month, Nature forms
  • Literary devices: allusion, symbolism
Assign:
  • Worksheet #02
Day 3 F 5/17

LT:Recognize cultural aspects of poetry
CCSS:S&L#2
Strategy:Marzano #5
Activity:
  • Begin viewing the film Dead Poets Society
Assign:
  • Worksheet #03
Day 4 M 5/20

LT:Discuss cultural aspects of poetry
CCSS:S&L#4
Strategy:Marzano #6
Activity:
  • Conclude viewing the film Dead Poets Society
  • Class discussion
Assign:
  • Worksheet #03
Day 5 T 5/21

LT:Categorize poetry forms
CCSS:R#6
Strategy:Marzano #8
Activity:
  • Letter, Autobiography, Time Travel, Two-tone forms
Assign:
  • Worksheet #04
Day 6 W 5/22

LT:Describe allusion as a literary device
CCSS:W#3
Strategy:Marzano #3
Activity:
  • Recipe, Shower and Storm forms
Assign:
  • Worksheet #05
Day 7 Th 5/23

LT:Examine epic poetry
CCSS:R#7
Strategy:Marzano #5
Activity:
  • Begin viewing the film on Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Assign:
  • Worksheet #06
Day 8 F 5/24

LT:Assemble portfolio elements
CCSS:W#5
Strategy:Marzano #2
Activity:
  • Begin assembling portfolio pieces
  • Begin "My Three Songs" Project
  • PRACTICE Poetry Slam
Assign:
  • Select pieces to present to class in portfolio format
  • My Three Songs (DUE Wednesday 5/29)
  • POET RESEARCH PROJECT #1 DUE
Day 9 T 5/28

LT:Interpret poetic elements
CCSS:W#9
Strategy:Marzano #4
Activity:
  • Interpret Shakespeare Sonnets
Assign:
  • Worksheet #07
Day 10 W 5/29

LT:Construct poems using phrases
CCSS:S&L#1
Strategy:Marzano #6
Activity:
  • Collaboration poems
Assign:
  • Worksheet #08
Day 11 Th 5/30

LT:Develop sensory details in poetry
CCSS:W#5
Strategy:Marzano #6
Activity:
  • Group work on sensory poems
Assign:
  • Worksheet #09
Day 12 F 5/31

LT:Assemble portfolio pieces
CCSS:W#8
Strategy:Marzano #5
Activity:
  • Work on Portfolios
Assign:
  • Compose/assemble portfolios
  • POET RESEARCH PROJECT #2 DUE
Day 13 M 6/3

LT:Plan for Poetry Slam
CCSS:S&L#1
Strategy:Marzano #
Activity:
  • Present Portfolios
  • Practice for Poetry Slam
Day 14 T 6/4

LT:Review Course Objectives
CCSS:S&L#3
Strategy:Marzano #6
Activity:
  • Review of Course
  • Post-Test
  • Student Opinion Surveys
  • Poetry Slam